Changing Lives is a nationwide charity helping people facing the most challenging of circumstances to make positive change - for good. We believe that everyone deserves a safe home, a rewarding job and a life free from addiction or abuse. We know that given the right support, anyone can change their life for the better.

Our services across the country help thousands of people each year who are experiencing a wide range of complicated challenges, including homelessness, drug and alcohol addiction, unemployment, involvement with the criminal justice system, sexual exploitation and domestic abuse. By focusing on their strengths, potential and opportunities, we support the people we work with to overcome their problems and live safe, successful, independent lives.

Our charity is powered by over 600 passionate colleagues who bring a diverse and inclusive environment for our colleagues to grow. We are proud to say that many have actual lived experience of the challenges faced by those we support. We are looking for committed and compassionate professionals to join our team, who share our enthusiasm for changing lives.

About the Service - Criminal Justice Services

Changing Lives delivers a range of projects that support women involved in the Criminal Justice System. We believe that individuals become involved in the Criminal Justice System for a complex range of reasons.

Our experience has taught us that to help women stop offending and to rebuild their lives, we must address the underlying causes of crime. Our services are underpinned by an in-depth understanding of trauma and we support women to address challenges such as domestic abuse, homelessness or poor housing, helping women to develop tools to ensure that trauma in their past does not define the rest of their lives. We know that with the right support around them, women so often are able to break the cycle of crisis and crime.

We currently deliver diversion from custody schemes, education, training and employment services, and holistic services to women serving community sentences or following release from custody. We also provide some pre-release services and have a presence across a number of women’s prisons nationally. Our criminal justice services cover Northumbria, Cleveland, South Yorkshire, West Midlands, East Midlands, Warwickshire, Staffordshire and Leicestershire.

About the Job

About the Criminal Justice Sessional Worker

This is an exciting opportunity for anyone who is passionate about making a difference in women’s lives, working alongside established teams you will gain invaluable experience of gender specific trauma informed interventions.

Sessional Workers are integral to the running of our projects, and we are currently recruiting a pool of sessional staff to work within our criminal justice teams across both Northumbria and Cleveland.

You will work with the people we support on a day-to-day basis; coaching, supporting, and empowering them to achieve their hopes and aspirations, focusing on the future and encouraging positive steps to improving their life choices.

You will have the opportunity to work across multiple projects, learning and developing your skills and experience in what is an extremely rewarding field. This is primarily within our criminal justice teams however, there may be other opportunities available in other projects, such as our accommodation services.

You will also have the opportunity to apply for all of our vacancies; including internal only roles. You will also have access to our training programme, have a single point of contact for support and receive regular supervision.

The role includes a payment towards holiday pay.